The Holiday Sweater Gets a High Fashion Makeover

Until recently, holiday sweaters were the preserve of those poor unfortunates who were given one as a gift, and forced to wear it, lest they cause offence. Oh, and the Cosby family, obviously.

Now, however, the humble holiday sweater is having a fashion renaissance, which means that this Christmas it’s going to be hard to tell the fashion victims from those rather earnest souls who wear light-up earrings in the shape of reindeer and drape pieces of tinsel around themselves in a bid to look “festive”. Or maybe not, because the new generation of holiday sweater is at least a little less garish, and a little more stylish than the ones of old. Witness:

Most of these are ok, and they do look WARM! While I would never buy any sweater for those prices I would most certainly buy them while rummaging though the rack at the thrift store, my art studio gets very cold. The angry snow man is pretty spectacular.

Lein

Heidi

Except for the Moschino, none are that different from what you’d find on the shelves for $29.99 almost anyplace this season of the year. Wait until after December 15 and get them for $5 on the close out rack.